8-2, AP, UPI, and NFF national champion; lost the Rose Bowl to Washington after the polls closed.
Minnesota’s 1960 schedule1960: 4 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITMULTIPLEDISPUTEDMinnesota topped the final AP, UPI, and NFF polls taken before the bowl games, while the FWAA waited until after the bowls and named Ole Miss champion instead.
The case for each side
10-0-1, FWAA national champion, selected after the bowl games.
Ole Miss’s 1960 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
8-1; claim rests on the Litkenhous Ratings, not AP, UPI, FWAA, or NFF.
Iowa’s 1960 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
Beat No. 1 Minnesota in the Rose Bowl; named champion only by the Helms Athletic Foundation, not by AP, UPI, FWAA, or NFF.
Washington’s 1960 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1960 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.